... I1TERATUER. Notes on Coal Kining, intended as an Assist. ar SO once to Candidates for Certificates of H &sCo2poteney. as CoZliery Managers. By pr k TBEVO F. THOMAS, Colliery Guardian m O,(ffice, L~ondon, or r Wben everything haa been done whioh Acts of M . arliament Tender imperative, or intelligence can H suggest, mining ean never be other than a C] is. hazardous occupation to those engaged ...

... LITERITURE. HI'NTS oN ADvocAcy.-ThO title of this work, which has been recently published by Messrs. Waterlow Bros. and Layton, the enterprising law stationers of Birobin lane, is sufficient in itself to obtain for it an extenaive reading. We doubt not a that the book will be eagerly conned by the multi- i tudinous bevy ot young men whom the badness of trade and agriculture-or the difficulty ...

... d Our readers will doubtless be glad to be s. reminded, in reference to this forthcoming conoert, e that the artistes, as previously announced, are lie tbose of her Majesty's Opera, and that this is the zd only occasionduring the year on wbich these celebrated singors will appear in Cardiff. In the programme a selection of fiva English ballads is most harmoniously introduced amongst more Y' ...

... La _saI e !3I A GAOSm STORY OF TO-DAY. aR 1_.Iy L he Rev. Augustus Jeeeopp. D D., has pub- IhI8 liaehd in the Atiw~xawbr a remarkable account o an apparition uf which be was the witnees in Lnrd Orford'si library at Manninxtofl Hall, Nor. folk, in (Inttber last. After dinner, the party On having breken up at half-paet ten, Dr. Jessopla in th retiren to the library to take notna of some of the ...

... LITE&12AURE. ' 5!kSceS;SXAitn, LI ck. A Co's PoULICATIONS. -P. o Crcton' a C uncocldareo and ?? Coi cs a icn, l tton's ?? elopiia of ,iv, cesi nfcruiatlion.', and C'Cahrles 0 Ralleyl are weiied this montli. They are ail printed in * scelect tyrc, A nti thm ?? ilVOI are high claa e 1 w' 'ft -tIUVt it is cement that o whea complote they will forim a hanidimoe addition to a ay li br ebar. ...

... wor. BUL.WRR'S BENEFIT AT THE THEATRE BOYAL, CARDIFF To-night (Friday) Mr. Balwer, the indefatigable manager of the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, will take his benefit. Those who have already seen Al Baba and the Forty Thieves can bear testimony to the admirable manner in which the pantomnme has beea staged. and how complete the acessories are in every detail, indicating the great cae and ...

... EN.TEB TA-VMENTS. TihEATRE RoYtL, C&ARn;i.With the preaent week will terminate the run' ol what may be Esfely pronounced a most succesdal pantomime, and the lees and m aer a to be oograta- isted upon having achieved such gratifying results. On Saturday next exactly forty vo perfoanadces will have been giVen, and the audance at ?? of these has been unprecedent4ly large. That Ali Babe and ...

... ON A1ILT. The MArq'ue3a of Buto was a Ruost at tlho recent ar eunual dinner of the r-yal scottish Acadomy, Co ?? propteod tha success of that inetitation. In IA 171 dcing Bo, the noble lord asid :-With these wordK fur put in my mouth, and standing in this place and p!h bofore this audienc3, I cannot help feeling that in 1r, mind and thought you aea but a Fmall part of an aeeembly much lavger ...

... ^'DRI:EK ATTHETHEAThE neYiL, CABDIFF. Seldom has a first night - met with e-` : enthusiastic reception at the Cardiff The~ a& did the firt performance of Drink on 1 ?? evening. From the commercement to tee:. elusion of the piece the development o *-e r a was eagerly watched, and after eacn h at aetwites appeared before thecartain in reenv .e a hearty and Unamimoua cali The Englh C:nim of ...

... A TERRIBLE CONFL&CRATION. bi :IHE STAGE MANAGER MISSING. i ,SUPPOSED LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES. e - t The Theatre Royal, Dublin, was on Monday w totally destroyed by fire while it was being pre. E pared for the reception of her Grace the Duchess i of Marlborough, who had promised to attend a if special performance of the pantomime for th3 f benefit of the distress fund. A workman lighting ci the gas ...

... WEL1r1 OPERA iL( ?? D U?. 8e. The operaof modwen2 as ?? m - aid Cazdiff public on TUeVA'y eubt in the Prlb.y to, menmic Theatre, smacked 6 ood deali o the isipl a. The conductors of the Lk fOrm;ince, t.e n tip d 1It female vxH the very men w:2o rr,:4lxivrd tl rS moey saud took the abecka at the doorn, were wi d appaently very :nuoh more familli3r with the iD Oonventille than with the i.; - rht ...

... BBVLEWS. ILLUSERN YIAv N ',(The Lamp of the OChorb). February 1880: FARRANT AND iaOST, ?? Tydfil.-Tbe second number of this new Welsh Church monthly magazine lies now before nu. The diacuesion atthe Swansea Congress of the question cf the vernacular press naturally brought publio MHniOil in Waliof Oabro ~ a or.a oildien ia Ibis leaet known thongh obviounaiy nut least important portion of her ...